Winchester Fire
The Winchester Fire was reported on June 15, 2021 in Cochise County, Arizona and burned 1,800 acres. It was declared out on July 7, 2021. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 1,800 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 15, 2021
- Personnel
- 29
Radar
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Map
Perimeter mapped June 16, 2021 at 1:00 AM MST, 1,588 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 32.238, -110.029.
The incident
- Size
- 1,800 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 15, 2021 at 12:40 AM MST
- Contained
- June 19, 2021 at 2:15 PM MST
- Controlled
- June 21, 2021 at 6:00 PM MST
- Declared out
- July 7, 2021 at 3:00 PM MST
- Cause
- Natural, Lightning
- Location
- 20 miles NE of Benson AZ
- County
- Cochise County
- State
- Arizona
- Protecting agency
- SF
- Jurisdiction
- SF
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Personnel assigned
- 29
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $700,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2021-AZA3S-000954
- IRWIN identifier
- 950CE7B7-990D-42F5-AEEA-1E12CD3E410D
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Willcox, AZ covers the area today.
Nearby
- Willcox, AZ12 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Benson, AZ24 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Saint David, AZ26 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Mescal, AZ29 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Tombstone, AZ36 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Swift Trail Junction, AZ39 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
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Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated March 2, 2022 at 9:11 PM MST. Identifier 2021-AZA3S-000954.